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Archived Lessons

These archived educational resources contain lessons that are also available in our searchable database.

Challenger Lost Lessons

Using these activities, teachers can replicate that which Christa was not able to share from orbit.

Mercury Mission Arrives!

Classroom activities about the MESSENGER Mercury Spacecraft.

Teachable Moments in the News

These archived educational resources contain dated space and science articles, and lessons that are also available in our searchable database. Issues include the following topics.

December 2003
MESSENGER to Mercury; Solar Flares; The Goldilocks Zone; Voyager 1; Rivers Found on Mars; SIRTF and the Planet Formation; Beagle 2 Mars Mission; First Chinese Taikonaut

March 2004
Mars Rover Mission is a Success; Space Shuttle Crews Memorialized on Mars; STARDUST Rendezvous with Comet Wild 2; New Vision for NASA; Cassini Passes Jupiter; The Centennial of Flight; Mars Beagle 2 Lost

June 2004
Extrasolar Planet; Cassini to Saturn; Venus to Transit the Sun; Impact Crater found; Scientists Discover Sedna; Rosetta's Rendezvous with a Comet; Mars' Wet History; Mercury MESSENGER Mission

September 2004
Historic Comet Impact; Mercury MESSENGER Launched; Cassini at Saturn; 35 Years After Apollo 11; Meteorites from Moon and Mars on Earth; X-Prize Within Reach; A Piece of the Sun to Arrive on Earth

December 2004
Pluto; Mars' Largest Moon; Deep Impact at Comet Tempel 1; Extrasolar Planets Discovered; SMART-1 orbits Moon; Space Shuttle Returns to Flight; Cassini-Huygens at Saturn's Titan; Origin of Life; X-Prize Won; Genesis Spacecraft Crash; MESSENGER Mission to Mercury

March 2005
MESSENGER Mission to Mercury; What Caused the 'Great Dying'?; Pluto's Discovery; Hubble Repair Mission; Extrasolar Planets; Huygens at Titan; Meteorite Found on Mars; Challenger and Columbia Anniversaries